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  • 14 - Wh-Constructions and Wh-Dependencies

  • from Part 3 - Syntax
  • Edited by Danko Šipka, Arizona State University, Wayles Browne, Cornell University, New York
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
    Published online:
    16 May 2024
    Print publication:
    23 May 2024, pp 282-303

  • Summary

    The present chapter presents an overview of the core properties of two core types of wh-dependencies in Slavic languages: wh-questions and relative clauses. It focuses on the properties of these dependencies that Slavic languages are famous for, such as multiple wh-fronting and left branch extraction. Another property of Slavic wh-questions reviewed in this chapter is left-branch extraction and the correlation between the lack of overt articles and the availability of left-branch extraction. The second part of this chapter discusses relative clauses, including what might be dubbed non-canonical relative clauses, such as free relatives and correlatives.